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Coach Marvin Lewis has reined in social media usage after consulting with some of the veteran players. The Twitter ban will last at least through training camp. When asked if it would go beyond that, Lewis said, "I'll let those guys decide as we go."

Three years ago, Chad Ochocinco took things one step further by doing a nightly show on UStream before curfews.

When it comes to Twitter, things came to the surface this week after Dre Kirkpatrick confirmed reports of his injury on social media. But Lewis said it had been a series of events since April that had made him evaluate things.

"I think people have to have the maturity and wherewithal to be able to handle it," Lewis said. "I don't see how tweeting is going to help us win a football game. So it's part of being selfless right now. It's not best for our football team to be involved in that. It's best that we just take care of ourselves and not announce what we're doing or not doing or who did this or who did that and commenting on what's going on in other spots. Let's be football players.

"I understand a lot of these guys used it in college. I'm probably a little bit naive to it. Without it being a big deal, the leaders of this football team don't see a need for it. So they handle it and it's done with."

There have been cases in which some teams have banned players from tweeting about team-related stuff, but Lewis said he didn't know if his group could distinguish the difference.

Coincidentally, the Bengals were the first team who had a player fined for violating the league's policy on social media. In 2010, Ochocinco was fined for using Twitter on the sideline during a preseason game and then Terrell Owens tweeted an hour before a game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.